We began the week with our last time at Trinity Baptist in Mesa. Many of the people in our Sunday School class have returned to homes in the north. However, it was still a full class!! We had a visiting minister from a Baptist church in Tempe AZ preaching. He was very good and he told us up right front that he was not looking to change jobs! He knows that Trinity is still hunting for a senior pastor. The rest of the day was uneventful, but I sure enjoyed sitting out to read!!
On Monday we attended a 10 am Omelet Brunch at friends Pam and Eddy (from north Arkansas). They are also workampers and we met them January 2nd when we checked in at the office for our job assignments. It was their first day also. It was fun to meet their neighbors. One of them showed us a home made stick that he calls a wa-dinger. Gary will be making a couple to use with our grandson especially. It is for cooking a hollow shell from crescent rolls over an outdoor fire. They can be used for tacos, desserts and anything that your imagination can come up with.
They treated us to omelets made in baggies, dropped in boiling water to cook. They were made just to each individuals specifications and so simple. We will have to try this when back in Ohio!!
Notice that some of us did find some shade!! The sun has been quite hot all week. Not that we are complaining though.
On Tuesday we were getting some things put away in preparation to leave on Sunday. In this process, Gary checked the tires on the motorhome to see how they were holding air since they are new and just installed a few weeks back. Oops!! Five were at 90 pounds pressure and one at 48!!! So he made an appointment for someone to come from Big O Tires to check it out and take care of the problem. Not only was he late arriving, but he did not have proper equipment to take the tire off!! We ended up packing things away quickly and pulling out to go over to their shop for the work. Seems there was a valve stem leaking. So after that fix we returned home knowing that we would have to keep watching it the rest of the week to make sure that we could still roll on Sunday. It does seem to be doing okay.
With nothing else to upset our day, we drove on out north of Scottsdale to McDowell Casino to fritter away the afternoon. It is relaxing and we are smart enough not to waste money. I ended up winning $36 on a machine poker and took the ticket to Gary to cash in. I was done, as must stop while ahead!! I had watched a woman win $500 on a machine next to where I played. But I am not dumb enough to think that it would happen on two consecutive machines. So like I said, I stopped while ahead and went to the cafe' to get a bite to eat and to read my book.
Wednesday was Gary's usual art class at Sunshine Acres in the afternoon, which was bitter sweet. He will miss the kids!! So he treated them to cookies and cupcakes and fruit punch. One of the young fellows wanted to know why he did not bring milk!! Guess he will know next time. Of course, the kids want him back next year.
Thursday was back to work for me and back to the adult pencil art class for Gary. Many of his students have left for homes in the north also. I had a busy day with much moving of files to new cabinets. They are glad to have it finished before Fran and I left for other locations.
On Friday our boss took us out to lunch in south Phoenix to a unique little "hole in the wall" called Lo-Lo's Chicken and Waffles. The cuisine was deep southern cooking and tasted yummy!! It was a long wait just to be seated and we were packed in like sardines!! But it was a fun time and a good time to get better acquainted.
Thursday evening was my usual Bingo night with the same group here in the resort, some workamper friends included. Since it was the last night of the season, the pots were progressively bigger with the last cover-all at $1000. Needless to say, I did not win anything. But it was fun as usual.
Saturday was our time to finish packing things away, do the laundry and go grocery shopping for veggies and such. I also scrubbed the soles of all of our shoes with tire cleaner. They were so black from the blacktop here in the park. We will be glad to leave that behind us!! We have worked hard to keep from getting our carpet dirty again, but I think that we will make it!! This afternoon we then went over to Bill and Jane's to play a card game. We always have so much fun with them while playing games. Their daughter, Lisa, was here from Florida for the week and we have tried to stay out of their way. It was nice to meet up with her again. It has been quite a few years.
Everyone on the street have either left for the season or are getting ready. It is getting very quiet around except for in the mornings when they think that they must honk a farewell to all of their friends at 6 am. We should do that tomorrow morning when we leave, but we are not going until probably 8 or 8:30 am as we are not going too far the first day. We will be playing tag with Bill and Jane for the first two and a half days. Then they will head northeast and we will go due east.
On the way back from the laundromat today, I just had to take a picture of this park model home. I really was too close to give it justice, but the flowers are so lovely!! Most of what you see, except for the flowers, is their Arizona room. I didn't bother checking the price as we are not in the market. Some are reasonable, and then some are not!! But there are many for sale. It seems there is always a turn over.
We hope that you had a great week. Ours has been very sunny and hot!! I love it, but Gary is already complaining about the heat!! Duh, I thought that is what we went south for!! He even picked me up after work on Friday so that I would not walk in the heat. . . .
Take care now!!
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